Monthly Archives: February 2010

The Answers 2010: Virginia Regional Apologetics Conference

Coming to Chesapeake, VA, on March 13! The Answers 2010 Regional Apologetics Conference With a lineup including several nationally-known speakers, a debate, and two sessions that I’ll be leading. From the conference website: The Answers – Questions come at us from every angle: our friends, our relatives, even ourselves. These questions ask, “Does God Really …

February 26, 2010 – 7:24 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged | Comments Off

The Public/Private Distinction and the Doofuses

Stanley Fish wrote a profound piece for the NY Times’ Opinionator Blog last Monday, “Are There Secular Reasons?” He’s addressing the Classic Liberal doctrine that public policy should always be decided on the basis of secular reasons, not religious ones; and in the end, he doubts there are any actually secular reasons. I read his …

February 26, 2010 – 4:37 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (38)

The Shrinking Lies of Sin

A popular hymn in the church where I grew up began, “I was sinking deep in sin.” I think another song could be written, “I was shrinking deep in sin.” For it seems to me that one effect of sin is to make us smaller. God created us to live large. Genesis 1:28, the first …

February 24, 2010 – 8:36 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

The Holy Spirit and Christian Thinking

This entry is part 5 of 14 in the series Basic Discipleship of the Mind

Last week I included the Holy Spirit on a list of resources for thinking Christianly, with this qualification:   God is certainly not a “resource” in the same sense as the rest of this list, yet the list would be incomplete without him. We can’t progress in any form of discipleship apart from the Holy Spirit’s …

February 19, 2010 – 4:58 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments Off

Christian Carnival

I haven’t quite fallen off the face of the earth—just the blogosphere! It’s been a busy two weeks for me at work and with other writing projects. I’m about to return here with another more substantial blog post. In the meantime, here’s some other great Christian blogging at this week’s Christian Carnival.

February 19, 2010 – 4:03 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off

Sound Rezn Radio Interview

Last Monday I had a stimulating talk with Alex McFarland on his Sound Rezn radio broadcast, on the topic of strategies to help promote discipleship of the mind among American churches. Some readers have informed me they’ve had trouble accessing the audio at the original link I provided. The show’s producer gave me permission to …

February 12, 2010 – 10:01 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

H.R. 4530 – Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010

Introduced late in January, now referred to committee, H.R. 4530: Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010: Student Nondiscrimination Act of 2010 – Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that …

February 12, 2010 – 5:54 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments Off

Ten Resources for Thinking Christianly

This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series Basic Discipleship of the Mind

How does one learn to think Christianly? Where does one begin? Here are my top ten recommendations for anyone who wants to be more intentional about discipling his or her mind. You could view this as a kind of table of contents, for I intend to share further thoughts on all of them over the …

February 11, 2010 – 10:08 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Comments (2)